Book review summary: Don't use as your only study aid ~ book by Ron Gilster

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Product: Book - Paperback
Title: A+ Certification for Dummies
Publisher: For Dummies
Authors: Ron Gilster
Rating: 3/5

Don't use as your only study aid

While this book was a help in some ways, it does lack some information on items from the certification tests. I used this as my only study aid and found a lot of things not covered. After not passing one of the tests by two questions, I then purchased the A+ Cram Exam, which was great. If you are trying to get the certification purchase both, they fill in the holes for each other. I had no problem with the test at all after that.

Product: Book - Paperback
Title: Blogging: Genius Strategies for Instant Web Content
Publisher: New Riders Press
Authors: Biz Stone
Rating: 5/5

Bonndoggling WhistleBlogging Down Under

This book hits the mark on blogging!
Biz has such a straight forward style it's like he's speaking to you. He doesn't take himself too seriously and it shows. More importantly though, he delivers sound advice on blogging.
Wanting to see what blogging was all about, I bought his book. I learned about blogging, html, searching and all the useful add-ons in one concise, easy to read book. I can't recommend this any higher. It's the best computer book I've read in years.
Oh yeah, I signed up for BloggerPro and have started my own blog. Way to go Biz.

Product: Book - Paperback
Title: Advanced Windows (Advanced Windows)
Publisher: Microsoft Press
Authors: Jeffrey Richter
Rating: 5/5

Great book

This book is full of useful information. The kind of information you have to wade through lots of average books to get. As a matter of fact, I regularly recommend this book to MacOS programmers as a starting point for Win32 and why it can cool.

Product: Book - Paperback
Title: Apple Training Series : Mac OS X Help Desk Essentials (Apple Training)
Publisher: Peachpit Press
Authors: Peachpit Press
Rating: 5/5

Just What the Help Desk Person Needs.

Even Apple users need help once in a while. So Apple shops have to have a help desk just like any other shop. This book presumes a basic level of familiarity with the Macintosh operating system, and then goes on to provide in-depth technical information and procedures that are used by Apple-certified technicians to install, configure, maintain, and diagnose Macintosh computers.

It is oriented, as you might expect, to teach help-desk personnel to knowledgeably address customer concerns and questions. Each chapter is presented as a self contained lession, complete with an introduction, summary and a review quiz. The book is arranged as a help desk professional would appreciate. It covers those areas that he is likely to be asked about, not an attempt to give an in depth lession in the OS.